The Origins and History of Consciousness

Name: The Origins and History of Consciousness
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: Erich Neumann
ISBN: 9780691215587

Author: Erich Neumann, C. G. Jung

Series: Princeton Classics

Narrator: William Roberts

Unabridged: 17 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 09/15/2020

Categories: Nonfiction, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Cultural Psychology, Social Science, Folklore & Mythology

Synopsis

This audiobook narrated by William Roberts explores the evolution of consciousness through the archetypes and myths that are universal to all humanity The Origins and History of Consciousness draws on a full range of world mythology to show how individual consciousness undergoes the same archetypal stages of development as human consciousness as a whole. Erich Neumann was one of C. G. Jung's most creative students and a renowned practitioner of analytical psychology in his own right. In this influential book, Neumann shows how the stages begin and end with the symbol of the Uroboros, the tail-eating serpent. The intermediate stages are projected in the universal myths of the World Creation, Great Mother, Separation of the World Parents, Birth of the Hero, Slaying of the Dragon, Rescue of the Captive, and Transformation and Deification of the Hero. Throughout the sequence, the Hero is the evolving ego consciousness. Featuring a foreword by Jung, this Princeton Classics edition introduces a new generation of readers to this eloquent and enduring work.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bradley

I love and hate this work. All at the same time and for some of the same reasons simultaneously. Why? Because it pre-dates a lot of Joseph Campbell's much more interesting and more carefully analyzed use of mythology. The subject matter is the same in a lot of ways, using the analysis of myth to unde......more

Goodreads review by Erik

As was commonly believed when Jung and Neumann were being educated, "ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny." This book reverses that equation as an exposition of pscho-phylogeny recapitulating psycho-ontogeny. In other words, Neumann takes Jung's individuation schema, then assembles exemplary myths, lots......more

Goodreads review by James Q.

Maybe if I hadn't read all sorts of Eastern books and hadn't stumbled upon Carol S. Pearson's work which, in my opinion, along with Joseph Campbell's, is far superior to this one in every aspect (clarity, presentation, language, myths, examples, choice of archetypes), and if I hadn't overcome my fas......more

Goodreads review by Alex

This is a long one, but I find it necessary, as there is such an absurd amount of material in this text, multiple college courses could be created on this one book alone (or multiple subjects, for that matter). The Origins and History of Consciousness deals with the single most important issue facin......more